(03-05-2015 01:50 PM)Crebman Wrote:  

(03-05-2015 01:41 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  

(03-05-2015 01:37 PM)k-vegasbuc Wrote:  

(03-05-2015 12:13 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  He had no business being in our congress or speaking to them. The right hates Obama for ignoring rules, decorum, and the like but celebrate themselves when they do it. Hypocrisy at its finest!

I actually have no problem with it. Even if it was a democrat controlled congress wanting to call in someone. We have 3 branches of government for checks and balances. I think the legislative branch which makes laws has just as much a right to invite foreign diplomats to speak as the executive branch does. I don't think we should hold the executive branch to some higher standard in this regard.

Bringing in a foreign leader in the way they did weakens the systems of checks and balances.

Foreign policy is entirely in the realm of the President, not Congress.

Bringing people like this in just politicizes a process outside of Congress' direct control. That isn't good for our government. The framer's specifically put foreign policy in the hands of the executive so that our foreign policy wouldn't be politicized.

The Republicans were wrong on this one, in just about every way. Celebrating them for it shows great disregard for the system of checks and balances you mentioned.

Except I would argue that our Executive branch (not just Obama) has gone off and politicized our foreign policy when it suits them, so that kind of defeats the original premise of our framers.

They likely never envisioned just how corrupt and self-serving those serving in this government would become. In fact, I'd surmise they would advocate another revolution if they were somehow transported to today..........this, after marveling at our gadgetry and sheer size.

I think their biggest issue would be the fact we elect our senators, which aborted our entire system. The Federal system was not supposed to be a parallel system to the states or a highly politicized one, which it is today.